Funniest Comedy Icons of the 20th Century, The (Volume 1)
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SILENT MOVIE
| Air Date/Released | Wednesday, June 16, 1976 |
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| Station/Studio | 20th Century Fox |
Former directing great Mel Funn attempts a career comeback by producing the first silent movie in 40 years. With friends Marty Eggs and Dom Bell, the trio convince Big Picture Studios head Studio Chief, and set out to find an all-star cast and create their masterpiece. New York executives Engulf and Devour are afraid that Funn's movie will save the studio and stop their plans to take it over, so they set out to sabotage the production.
Mel Brooks has stated that his hero trio, and the movie's slapstick antics, were inspired by The Ritz Brothers and The Three Stooges.
Cast: Mel Brooks (Mel Funn), Marty Feldman (Marty Eggs), Dom DeLuise (Dom Bell), Sid Caesar (Studio Chief), Harold Gould (Engulf), Ron Carey (Devour), Bernadette Peters (Vilma Kaplan), Carol Arthur (Pregnant lady), Liam Dunn (News vendor), Fritz Feld (Maitre d'), Chuck McCann (Studio gate guard), Valerie Curtin (Intensive Care nurse), Yvonne Wilder (Studio Chief's secretary), Harry Ritz (Man in tailor shop), Charlie Callas (Blindman), Henny Youngman (Fly-in-Soup man), Arnold Soboloff (Acupuncture Man), Patrick Campbell (Motel bellhop), Eddie Ryder (British officer), Al Hopson, Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson, Howard Hesseman, Lee Delano, Jack Riley (Executives), Inga Neilsen (Beautiful blonde #1), Erica Hagen (Beautiful blonde #2), Sivi Aberg (Beautiful blonde #3), Robert Lussier (Projectionist), Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Liza Minnelli, Anne Bancroft, Marcel Marceau, Paul Newman (Themselves), Brian Clark (Young man in nightclub), Dody Goodman (Tourist woman), Phil Leeds (Waiter), Ray Stewart (Movie house manager), Jerry Trent (Dancer), Candice Rialson
Crew: Mel Brooks (Director, Screenplay), Ron Clark (Story and Screenplay), Rudy De Luca, Barry Levinson (Screenplay), Michael Hertzberg (Producer), Paul Lohmann (Director of Photography), Stanford C. Allen, John C. Howard (Film Editor)
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